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Dragoş Mihai Cadariu

Skewb · top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CADA02

Dragoş Mihai Cadariu has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Bucharest October Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Romania. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since May 2017, he has put 1,462 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.84 in May 2017 to 7.50, a 66% improvement. He has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time
2.12
signature single · Bucharest October Cubing 2024
1,462
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
Skewb2.124.35
top 1.7%5 / 401
2×21.432.39
top 1.9%31 / 1,214
3×37.508.70
top 2.0%28 / 1,574
3×3 one-handed11.9215.33
top 2.9%13 / 411
Megaminx45.8850.04
top 3.4%7 / 243
4×432.1537.72
top 4.3%15 / 578
Pyraminx3.355.61
top 4.9%40 / 825
5×51:10.681:20.90
top 12.1%23 / 225
Square-113.1119.39
top 12.1%16 / 158
Clock9.6612.05
top 23.4%41 / 187
6×62:35.362:40.10
top 28.4%26 / 128
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves38.67
early days — 3 solves21 / 98
3×3 blindfolded1:58.593:01.88
top 33.0%26 / 76
7×74:22.874:41.56
top 38.6%31 / 95
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:17—
early days — 2 solves18 / 26

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Romanian Rubik Open 2017: 21.84Constanța Cube Days 2017: 19.79Oradea Cubing Open 2018: 16.45Romanian Cubing Open 2018: 13.98Baia Mare North Open 2018: 12.72Constanta Cube Days 2019: 10.39Baia Mare North Open 2019: 12.80Timisoara West Side Open 2019: 10.56Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 10.15Alba Iulia Cubing 2022: 9.25Timisoara Cube Days 2023: 8.76Big Blind Bucharest 2023: 9.66Brasov Funky Cubes 2023: 8.85Arad Cubing 2023: 9.30Iasi Cubing 2023: 8.24ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023: 7.50Bucharest Winter Cubing A 2023: 8.56Bucharest Cubing March B 2024: 8.55Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 9.13Bucharest Cubing July 2024: 8.07Bucharest October Cubing 2024: 7.64Bucharest December Cubing 2024: 8.56Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025: 8.48Romanian National Championship 2025: 7.97Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2026: 8.067.5021.8427 May 201713 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.